Intel's Core 9000 series are just around the corner. Intel Core i7-9700K @ 5.5 GHz In China, finding an engineering sample of new CPU seems like a very easy thing to do. Multiple retailers are not listing the new series with availability planned for September. We cannot confirm that this is indeed the launch of new series, because as far as we know, the NDA is still set to early October. The latest leak from CPU.ZOL shows two screenshots from Core i7-9700K benchmarking session. The CPU, which was water-cooled, was tested with ASRock's Z370 Professional Gaming i7 motherboard.